Israel Taft

Israel lived his life in the western part of Mendon, Massachusetts, following the King Philip's War.

Israel had nineteen children, two significant of whom were Hannah and Samuel Taft.

Newly elected President of the United States, George Washington, stayed one evening with Samuel Taft and his family.

[1] Israel's father, Robert Taft Jr. was a founder and founding Selectman on the first Board of Selectmen, of the colonial town of Uxbridge, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

His descendants number among well-known Americans and political figures, especially among the Taft family in Ohio.